Using your own money to empower those whom you feel are worthy of your time and efforts because they give you quality products and services, is a fantastic idea. This is a good example of using your personal liberty to empower those around you. How is another person's success lessening my own potential for success? It isn't. Simply put best by JFK, "A rising tide lifts all boats." However, I've heard many white folks complain about this? How come? This is a good example personal power in action. If only we could do more of this (personal empowerment via free choice) and end Government entitlements or contract favoritism that favors one race over another (which is clearly racist), then we could truly count our nation as being on the road to Individual Liberty.
Chicago Family's 'Buy Black' Experiment Becoming a Nationwide Movement"When we were a community of black folks who could not go to the white stores, our community of black stores flourished," Brown said. "When we were given the opportunity to go into the white store, it was like nothing else mattered anymore and we wanted to go to the white store, regardless of what the black store provided. We could have the same or better products if we supported (black businesses) in the same way."
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I am all for supporting local businesses. What I don't understand is the rational that it is best to support one "color" of store. If this was reversed and there had been a call to action on the part of white people in America to support only those businesses owned by white people there would have been an immediate backlash. Suddenly we would be back in the civil rights movement era seeking social justice for persons of color.
I am furious at this. I am furious because those supporting this movement are only keeping themselves oppressed and blaming it on the white man.
This is America folks. If you want to own a business then get off your bum and go for it. Take ownership and steps toward fulfilling your dream. Perhaps the reason there are fewer businesses owned by black people is because fewer black people have made the effort to be business owners. I am not insinuating laziness. I am merely making a point. To single out one ethnicity and only support businesses owned by them is creating even more of a divide in current race relations. How about not seeing color when you buy your shampoo. How about forgetting the color of skin your dry cleaner has.
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